Tinkerhouse Trading Company

Garden Inspired Living

Hello my friends!
It's that time of year again when my every waking minute is consumed with preparations for
a glimpse at a previous market at Hortons
The French Market at Hortons downtown Tipton, Indiana.
This years event will be held rain or shine Friday, July 7th and Saturday, July 8th.
Rebecca's beautiful pop up shop from a past event
That's just a week away!

I sure am hoping this is true!
Time once again, has gotten away from me.
So here's an attempt to put a cork in it!
(Time that is)
Just a quick look back and then FORWARD!
Are you with me?
Okay, to pick up where we left off...sort of.
Last Summer,
We started off on a new adventure
Binoculars are optional as we make our way through the Summer
Paisley came to visit

I have gotten several emails lately asking about the Country Living photo shoot. So I thought I would answer a few of your questions today and share more pictures with you.
photo courtesy of Country Living April issue, photo by Gridley Graves, styled by Liz Demos
Many of you asked "How much was changed for the shoot?"
The answer is : Not a lot.
The fabulous stylist Liz Demos made a few

Hello My Friends!
Its been so long since my last post,
that I was lost as to how to proceed
not even sure how to do a post on my new notebook!
Much has happened and I was uncertain as to where to pickup after our last conversation,
So, lets start afresh!
Since it's just hit the newstands...
Lets begin with
Country Living's visit to Tinkerhouse
I was in Texas visiting my

Hi everyone!
Life here at the reno ranch has been crazy, crazy, crazy since I last checked in.
We have 3 major projects in the house and two outside!
If that were not enough....I decided to participate in the town wide garage sale....
THIS Saturday!
and I made this decision....YESTERDAY!
Yep, I've lost it!
I haven't held a garage sale in years....and never without my daughter April to help!

Hi Ya'll!
I have been so... busy working on numerous projects we have going here at home...
I forgot to tell you about my Texas shopping trips!
To start with, You might not know that I lived in Texas for more than 25 years before moving here to the midwest.
My mom's family all lives there and as you know so does my daughter and her family.
But...
In all that time, I had never been shopping in

It's a rainy, dreary day here at home. I can't work outside in the garden so I thought I would bring a tiny bit of the garden inside.
This sweet little flower is known as forget-me-not.
An old fashioned favorite and one that I rarely see anymore.
I love how they look in this little vintage pitcher I found on Etsy awhile back.
And...
In the finally finished library!
On a tiny

Hello my friends!
Spring has finally arrived here at home and I thought I would share the view from my kitchen window.
One of the main reasons I wanted to move the kitchen to what was our living room before the renovation was so that I could see this old lilac bush from the window over my sink.
It's supposed to rain today and throughout the weekend so I went out to pick some lilacs before

Hello Everyone!
I thought I would share a little bit about our current renovation project. One that has been a long time in the making.,
The downstairs bath.
But before I do... here is a picture of my dining room mantle.
It's so much prettier than what I'm about to share...
Are you ready?
EEEKK!
This is and has been since around 1920....the downstairs bathroom.
This was taken just as we

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday!
I had told you I would share Paisley's Nursery with you and that I will.
I just wish that I had taken more pictures!
Here's one of the few I actually have of the completed room.
It all started way back when April found out they were expecting...sometime in mid-May.
She knew she wanted a neutral palette.
Something that would work for a boy or girl.
She then

Hello My Friends!
If you are reading this then my friends you truly are!
It's been sometime since I was able to visit here with you.
So....much has happened it might take awhile to work through this post!
It started way back in October, soon after my return from Tennessee...
I left to visit my son in Virginia who had just returned from a deployment to Japan.
I drove through winding mountain

Hello Everyone!
I've been home from Tennessee for just over a week now but...
Just getting over a terrible cold that I came down with as we were driving home.
So many of you have emailed me asking about the Tennessee event... wondering how things went...
That I knew I had to get a post up today!
So, here we go,
Tennessee was wonderful. The site of the venue was stunning... and the people

Good Morning!
We have finished loading and were about to pull out of the driveway...
When I remembered...
I had forgot to share one last post with you before I left for Tennessee!
My herbariums!
Most of you know how much I love to spend time in my garden and really wanted the wares I took to this event to reflect that.
Herbariums are my latest design crush and I was really excited to do a

Hello Everyone!
We are now just 6 days away from the City Farmhouse Pop-up Barn Sale in Tennessee!
I had hope to post more about what I was taking but I got too wrapped up each day and too tired at night to do so!
So, I thought I would share a few things over the next few days that I am really excited about!
For starters!
I have been pouring candles out the wazoo! I sure hope thats a

Hello my friends!
I hope your week has been going well. I have been sewing and stuffing burlap pumpkins and pouring soy candles to take with me to the event next month.
I've been so busy I nearly missed sharing pictures of the sweet autumn clematis in bloom on Tinker House!
So without further ado...
Tinker House is blooming!
I just love how it looks climbing up the side of my tiny garden

Hello Everyone!
It has been another long day of pricing, sewing and painting but I really wanted to check in and give you a few details about the upcoming event that I am thrilled to be participating in!
We've just barely over 30 days before we load up the truck and trailer and head south to Franklin, Tennessee.
Time is flying by!
It's been over a year now since I did anything other

Hello my friends!
I have been so busy preparing for the City Farmhouse Pop-up Barn Event in Tennessee that I forgot to let you know that...
It's a girl!
This is a picture from our daughter's facebook page. It was taken on the evening of her gender reveal party!
This was a new thing for me, actually , I had never heard of a gender reveal party until she started planning for it!

Hello my friends!
We've known for awhile now, but I thought I would share our blessed news!
We are expecting...Our First Grandchild that is!
Our Daughter, April and her sweet husband Russell are expecting their first child sometime in late January or early February!
As you can imagine...
We are all very excited here on Church Street!
Like this hydrangea from my garden... we are both

Hello Everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
I spent most of yesterday out in the garden clipping my hydrangeas.
I carried several heaping basket loads into my kitchen.
I can't believe that they have already started to turn. A sign that Summer is drawing to a close.
I have decided to try a new technique for preserving this years blooms. Adding glycerin to the water after

I really can't believe that it's already August!
I have spent almost every waking hour outside in my garden this Summer and still...
Have a ton to do!
Yesterday I spent the entire day cleaning poor Tinker House!
I had really made a mess in there and didn't realize how bad it had gotten until I had guests this weekend and really looked at it!
Since it's cleaned up right now...
I thought I

The past few days have been terribly humid so today...
The thunderstorm arrived!
Flashes of lightning, booming thunder, and gusts of wind swept through my garden for several hours this morning.
After the rain...
I headed out to the deck to survey the damage and take in the view.
Just a few branches to pick up so I'm happy!
As you might know, I love the warmer months so that I can work out

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July and I can't get over how time has flown since I last logged into my blogger account!
I know it's been awhile since I was last here...
Life just took over and time just seemed to fly by.
As I was putting some flags in the vintage basket that hangs on my front door...
I thought I would share it with you and let you know, all is well.
I don't want to forget to

Hello everyone,
My name is (Doc) Emmitt Brown/Jenkins and I have just arrived here on Church Street!
I guess you can say...
I'm back...back from the future!
And I have seen that this going to be a blast!
By the way, I'm a golden retriever!
And...As the newest member of our family, I have been very busy breaking in the parents!
Even though I'm small now...one day, I will be big!
I'm

I awoke this morning to see that it had once again snowed here in Indiana!
As the morning progressed...it grew steadily worse!
I don't know about you...but in these parts
That means playing hooky!
You know...do stuff you wouldn't be doing ...
If the weather had not changed!
So instead of wading through the snow to the cottage...I decided to cook in my new kitchen!
I couldn't think of

How are you today?
The sun decided to come out so I am trying to soak up as much of it as possible!
I am still carrying things from the cottage kitchen to the new kitchen at the Renovation Ranch...
So it was the perfect day for it!
It's basically moving day but with a shorter distance to tote!
I wanted to share the new café curtains I made for the window over the sink.
They